Code 8709 11 · Heading 8709

Electric motor trucks and tractors without lifting equipment for short-distance goods transport or towing small trailers on railway platforms

This code covers electric trucks and tractors without lifting equipment, used to transport goods over short distances or on railway platforms to tow small trailers. It includes both vehicles specially designed to transport highly radioactive substances “Euratom” and other vehicles of this type.

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An electric motor truck without lifting equipment for transporting goods over short distances
An electric railway-platform tractor without lifting equipment for towing small trailers

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Official tariff text

Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms

The path to this code

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Step 1 · Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transpor…
Is the item railway or tramway equipment, another vehicle, an aircraft or spacecraft, or a ship, boat or floating structure?
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Step 2 · Chapter 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stoc… 2 of 4 chapters in section XVII
Which named type best describes it: a tractor; a motor vehicle for ≥ 10 people including the driver; a passenger motor vehicle; a goods motor vehicle; a special-purpose motor vehicle; a motorised chassis; a body or cab; a part or accessory for one of these vehicles; a factory, warehouse, port or airport truck without a lifting mechanism or a railway-platform tractor; a motorised tank or other armoured combat vehicle; a motorcycle or moped; a bicycle without a motor; a mobility vehicle; a pram or pushchair; or a trailer, semitrailer or other vehicle without a propulsion mechanism?
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Step 3 · Heading 8709 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifti… 9 of 16 headings under chapter 87
Is it an electric truck or tractor, a non-electric truck or tractor, or a part for one of these vehicles?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8709 11 Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or hand… 1 of 3 subheadings under heading 8709
Is the electric truck or tractor specially designed to transport highly radioactive substances “Euratom”?

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8709 11 Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms you are here 2.0–4.0%
8709 19 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms (excl. electrical trucks) 2.0–4.0%
8709 90 Parts of self-propelled works trucks, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods, incl. tractors for railways station platforms, n.e.s. 3.5%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

87.09.1100

Electrical

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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